Tested CFR sites Bruce Steinert, PhD - Urology Research 31 May 1995 14:53 EST

Ok, once more with feeling...
Just kidding. Numerous CFR sites have appeared in the RESADM-L
archives in the last six months or so. For what it's worth, I summarize
the list and comments included in (). All worked unless noted otherwise.

***Web Sites***

Federal Register - FR (Counterpoint)
 gopher://gopher.counterpoint.com

Government Post Office Document Access
 gopher://pula.financenet.gov:70/11/docs/fed/central/gps
 (I was able to connect to: gopher://pula.financenet.gov/11/docs,
 but could not access the subdirectories. Maybe I was too impatient.)

Counterpoint
 gopher://gopher.counterpoint.com:2002/11/

Code of Federal Regulations
 http://www.pls.com:8001/his/cfr.html

Regulatory Affairs Information Home Page
 http://www.cybernetics.net/users/RAinfo/reglink1.htm
 http://unix0.cybernetx.net/users/RAinfo/reglink1.htm

The Virtual Reference Desk
 http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/reference/index.html
 Look under "Selected U.S. Documents.

InterSoft Corporation (Federal Register online)
 http://www.istech.com/tore-fr.html
 email: xxxxxx@isc.istech.com

***Gopher Access***

gopher.csc.fi
 (Menu selections as follows)
 Information in English/Scientific and other topics/
 International Education Forum/
 U.S. Government Resources of Interest to International Educators/
 U.S. Government Federal Register On-Line Service/
 United States Government Federal Register/

 (CFR available by subscription only - Counterpoint)

gopher.nara.gov
 (Menu selections as follows)
 The Federal Register/

***Telnet Access***

GPO Access.
 Telnet: 198.137.188.2
 login: "library"
 select VT100
 (I got an "Unknown Host" response with this address.)

***Dial-Up Access***

Federal Register Electronic News Delivery (FREND)
 (provides tables of contents of Federal Registers long distance
 charges apply, if applicable): 202/275-0920 or 202/275-1538
 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity.  2400 baud.
 (I needed full duplex echoing to display the screens properly on
 my monitor).

Hope this clears some of the confusion. If your experience is different
than mine, let me know.

"Anything can be made to work if you fiddle with it long enough."

Bruce

Bruce W. Steinert, Ph.D.
Department of Urology
William Beaumont Hospital
3601 West Thirteen Mile Road        (810) 551-2572 (Voice)
Royal Oak, MI  48073-6769           (810) 551-8107 (FAX)